Items That Help You Thrive

The Things You'd Need To Make Those 20 Years Fly By

The arrival of Oldboy in theatres this Thanksgiving has given us pause -- to wonder what we would do if we were locked up in a hotel room-like prison for 20 years. It's a terrifying thought, but we thought it nonetheless. Josh Brolin's character has food and plumbing looked after, but none of the real creature comforts that would make such isolation easy to survive. At AskMen, we like to imagine that we would be able to bring a few things along for the ride to make it easier.

There's surviving and then there's 'thriving' AskMen-style. It is one thing to make a go of it and not fall to pieces in terms of your physical sense of self. It is another thing entirely to not be bored out of your tree to the point where your chair is your new bestie. You need toys and you need mental stimulation if you are about to go 20 years without human contact. We saved you the time and have the best things you could ask for (or beg for, realistically) as you're locked away.